“Raising awareness on the sustainability of artificial intelligence”

The Sustainable AI Lab brings together researchers from various backgrounds to conduct projects aimed at:

- measuring & assessing the environmental impact of AI
- ways of making AI systems more sustainable
- addressing AI in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals

The Bonn Sustainable AI Lab is an initiative of Prof. Dr. Aimee van Wynsberghe, director of Bonn University’s Institute of Science and Ethics. It is funded by her Alexander von Humboldt Professorship for Applied Ethics of AI, which was awarded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and is endowed by the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research.

Video material:

• Promotion video about the Humboldt Professorship (YouTube)
• Interview with Prof. Dr. Aimee van Wynsberghe explaining what Sustainable AI means to her (YouTube)
  
  

Latest news:

• SUSTAINABLE AI CONFERENCE 2025
  
  The "Sustainable AI Conference 2025 - Shaping Sustainable AI and its Futures" was presented by the Bonn Sustainable AI Lab and the Institute for Science and Ethics.
  Thanks to everyone who attended our conference in person or watched it online via livestream!
  Starting in mid-October 2025, we will publish all talks from Room 1 on a weekly basis on our YouTube channel.